Validity and Social Acceptability of the Polar Vantage XL for Measuring Heart Rate in Preschoolers

Bar-Or, Tali; Bar‐Or, Oded; Waters, Heather; Hirji, Arif; Russell, Storm J.

doi:10.1123/pes.8.2.115

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“…Further, the monitor did not interfere with the participants' physical activity movements. This finding is in agreement with Bar-Or, Bar-Or, Waters, Hirji, and Russell (1996), who found that heart rate monitors were suitable and appropriate for young children.…”

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Physical Activity Levels of Students with Mental Retardation and Students Without Disabilities

Faison-Hodge

Porretta

2004

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

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This study compared physical education and recess physical activity levels of elementary school age students with mild mental retardation (MR) and students without disabilities who possessed either high or low cardiorespiratory fitness. For this study, the System for Observing Fitness Instructional Time (SOFIT), a measure of physical activity, was validated for students with mild MR. A significant difference for moderate to vigorous physical activity was obtained between settings. Findings suggest that students with MR and those without disabilities were more active during recess than during physical education. Students with mild MR and those with low cardiorespiratory fitness performed similarly in both the physical education and recess settings.

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Physical Activity Levels of Students with Mental Retardation and Students Without Disabilities

Faison-Hodge

Porretta

2004

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

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“…The Polar HR monitor is a valid measure of HR compared to R-R intervals from an electrocardiograph. Mean HR data from the Polar monitor is not significantly different than from an electrocardiograph, and the two methods correlate at .99 in both adults (Gamelin, Berthoin, & Bosquet, 2006) and children (Bar-Or, Bar-Or, Waters, Hirjl, & Russell, 1996;Gamelin, Baquet, Berthoin, & Bosquet, 2008). BP was measured with a Suntech 4240 monitor (Suntech 4240, Morrisville, NC).…”

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Cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress and carotid intima‐media thickness in children

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The relationship between cardiovascular stress reactivity and carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) has been established in adults, but not yet studied in children. Cardiovascular reactivity to an ad lib speech was measured in 20 boys and 20 girls age 11.0 +/- 1.4 years. Measures included heart rate (HR), systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure reactivity, and mean common carotid artery IMT. Sequential regression analyses were used to establish the incremental increase in R(2) for the prediction of IMT due to cardiovascular reactivity independent of age, socioeconomic status, race, percentage body fat, and baseline BP or HR. SBP reactivity (beta=0.002, , p<.05), but not DBP reactivity (p=.12) or HR reactivity (p=.82), independently predicted carotid artery IMT. This study provides initial evidence that SBP reactivity is associated with IMT and perhaps the early pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in childhood.

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“…Heart rate (HR) telemetry has been shown to be a valid and reliable measurement of physical activity and has commonly been used in physical activity and physical education settings (Bar-Or, Bar-Or, Waters, Hirji, & Russell, 1996;Treiber et al, 1989). Student heart rate levels during each PE-lesson were measured with Polar Team System heart-rate monitors, developed by Polar Electro, Finland.…”

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Participation Styles in Elementary Physical Education

Romar¹,

Nygård²,

Smedman³

et al. 2015

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Both observational data and direct measurement of student activity seem to indicate a large variance in student activity during physical education lessons. The aim of this study was to identify participation styles during elementary physical education lessons by using multiple data sources. A class of fifth grade students (N = 17) and a class of sixth grade students (N = 14) were taught by a physical education specialist for three lessons each. Both classes had coed physical education lessons and all students were systematically analyzed by using heart rate measurement, systematic observation and perceived exertion. Each lesson was videotaped for further analysis. Finally, six high and five low skilled students were formally interviewed after the last lesson about their experiences in physical education. The results indicated four different participation styles among the students in these physical education elementary classes. These were low skilled fighters, low skilled avoiders, high skilled fighters and high skilled avoiders. Several contextual factors are contributors to these participation styles. The main reasons for this appear to be differences in students' fitness levels, physical activity behavior and interest in physical education. This large variation among students shows that teachers need to treat each student individually.

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Validity and Social Acceptability of the Polar Vantage XL for Measuring Heart Rate in Preschoolers

Cited by 15 publications

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Physical Activity Levels of Students with Mental Retardation and Students Without Disabilities

Physical Activity Levels of Students with Mental Retardation and Students Without Disabilities

Cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress and carotid intima‐media thickness in children

Participation Styles in Elementary Physical Education

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